Day 6 -Friday- August 11, 2023-- Prayer Focus - SURRENDER
Sometimes what you are holding on to might be holding you back.
You are trying to pray for something. You care too much to let go. But you need to let go.
So many people want to surrender to God but don’t know how.
Abraham was such a man.
Genesis 22:9-14 (NIV)
9 When they reached the place God had told him about, Abraham built an altar there and arranged the wood on it. He bound his son Isaac and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood. 10 Then he reached out his hand and took the knife to slay his son. 11 But the angel of the Lord called out to him from heaven, “Abraham! Abraham!”
“Here I am,” he replied.
12 “Do not lay a hand on the boy,” he said. “Do not do anything to him. Now I know that you fear God, because you have not withheld from me your son, your only son.”
13 Abraham looked up and there in a thicket he saw a ram[a] caught by its horns. He went over and took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering instead of his son. 14 So Abraham called that place The Lord Will Provide. And to this day it is said, “On the mountain of the Lord it will be provided.”
Letting go and surrendering Isaac (his inheritance, his future, the promise God had given him.) would be that he would have let go of his dreams.
The Lord however, provided in the place he surrendered. God’s peace doesn’t come from striving but surrendering.
What do we do with our Isaacs? We put them on the altar.
A - ASK THE LORD TO TAKE IT
Have you let go? Are you really surrendering? Prayer is the altar where our striving ends and surrendering begins.
L - LET GO OF IT
Abraham didn’t see the provision until he surrendered.
Your ram will come once your Isaac is surrendered.
T - TRUST HIM WITH IT
I don’t understand the outcome but I trust Him with the outcome.
You may not trace him but you can trust him.
A - ACCEPT THAT IT’S GOD’S NOT YOURS
Isaac never belonged to Abraham - he belonged to the Lord.
R - RELEASE IT FOR HIS GLORY
In the OT God gives you glory most when we surrender for God’s glory.
In the NT God put His son Jesus on the altar of the cross for His glory.
What burdens you will bless you - if you release it to the altar.
You don’t have to hold on, let go and put it on the altar.
